Sorry Saddlers blasted by boss
Furious Walsall boss Chris Hutchings branded his side "lifeless" and "clueless" after they were mauled 5-0 by Bristol Rovers.
The Pirates ran riot at the Banks's Stadium on Saturday, scoring three goals in the first 19 minutes, to condemn the woeful Saddlers to their heaviest defeat for more than three years.
Darryl Duffy's double, Craig Disley and Aaron Lescott's brace hammered the hosts, leaving Hutchings shocked by his team's performance.
He said: "We looked lifeless and a little bit clueless at times. It was the worst display I have seen since I've been here and it can't happen again, simple as that.
"We were beaten by a better side and we can't give the goals away that we did. We were very, very poor and none of the players can take any credit out of that performance."
The visitors were 2-0 up inside the first six minutes thanks to strikes from Duffy and Disley as the Saddlers' defence went AWOL.
Lescott, brother of Everton's former Wolves defender Joleon, added a third after just 19 minutes.
Duffy made it 4-0 after 58 minutes and Lescott completed the misery 20 minutes later.
Hutchings was at a loss to answer why the Saddlers, who slipped to 14th in League One, performed so badly.
He said: "As a team our shape had been good. We had worked on things and on Saturday, for whatever reason, we made the wrong decisions and didn't play well individually or collectively."
His side had only lost once in seven games before the debacle.
